On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 22:45:01 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/27/2021 10:04 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:23:51 -0400, jmcquown >

>>>
>Yep, I just read that! I've seen as many as 7 raccoons out back at one
>time, but not in recent years.

Well- just learned something. Looked up what a group of raccoons is
called and discovered the term is "gaze." You saw a large gaze of
raccoons!
>
>>> It would be fun to find out what's going outside at night.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Sometimes deer, foxes, or raccoons, and all in one night.
>>
>I think there might be foxes in the area but I'm not sure. I know there
>are minks (which surprised me!) but they tend to be closer to the water.
>
The foxes around here makes sound that are a cross between a dog bark
and a female or child's yell out in pain. Very disconcerting unless
one knows what it is. The barking goes can go on for quite a while.

I'd run to a window to look out a few times to see if a person or
animal were in distress until I learned what the sounds were.

But mink! Have you gotten to see them? Are they native to the area?